October 2010
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Today while reading the New York Times political section online two of the main articles were about funding ad campaigns. It seems odd to me that this, according to a well known newspaper, is the most important thing going on in American politics currently. Or perhaps it is not important according to the newspaper but instead what the readers are most interested in reading about which is a sad...
September 2010
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Earlier this week the house approved legislation to provide over $7 billion in medical treatments to residents of New York City who suffer from long term effects caused by fumes, dust, and smoke at ground zero AFTER 9/11. The bill has yet to go to senate so its final outcome is still unclear.
Some Facts About Health Care In America:
The US is the only industrialized country without universal...
In recent elections new voting machines were used in New York to replace the older, more complicated, less reliable machines. But are the new machines actually an improvement? The old machines were described by Lynn Brenner for the New York Times as follows,
“On its face, you read the candidates’ names, in columns. Each column was headed by the political party’s name. Next to each candidate’s...